[B-Greek] APHGGELH and LEGONTWN in Luke 8:20

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 5 19:03:02 EST 2011


ἀπηγγέλη δὲ αὐτῷ· ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἑστήκασιν ἔξω ἰδεῖν θέλοντές 
σε. 


No, this would not be plural since it is a passive with the subject being that 
all-time favorite "it" -- "It was reported ..."  The reading with λεγότων 
LEGONTWN is a bit puzzling since it is a genitive participle unless it is taken 
as some form of agent "by those saying ..."

 george
gfsomsel 


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From: Daniel Buck <bucksburg at yahoo.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, February 5, 2011 3:34:38 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] APHGGELH and LEGONTWN in Luke 8:20

I've got a grammar question here.

In Luke 8:20, it is said of Jesus APHGGELH DE AUTW (And it was reported to him). 

The construction of APHGGELH is singular, but does that assume a singular person 

doing the reporting? OOW, if several people were saying it, would APHGGELH have 
to take a plural form?

To complicate matters, most manuscripts add LEGONTWN (some further add OTI). 
This is in the plural, thus answering my question--or so it appears. 

But does the omission of LEGONTWN (saying) only make the plurality of the 
speaker(s) less blatant, or remove all certainty? Any further speculation, of 
course, should be confined to a different list.

Daniel Buck


      
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